Category: Python

Having just finished leading the efforts on the very successful SQL Saturday Albuquerque, by all rights I should be taking this week off to recuperate. Instead I’m starting a whirlwind “mini-tour” of Kentuckiana tomorrow, with three spots on which I’ll be presenting on SQL Server’s Machine Learning Services components.

Tuesday night I’ll be at Blue Stallion Brewing in Lexington, KY talking to the Lexington PASS group about how to leverage Python for statistical analysis in SQL Server 2017. I’m looking forward to the unique experience of presenting with a pint glass in my hand rather than a bottle of water. As long as I don’t try to use the pint glass like a laser pointer, I’ll be fine! Register Here.

I don’t have any speaking engagements on Wednesday night, but will instead be heading up to Columbus, OH with my friend Matt Gordon [b|t] (who founded the Lexington PASS group) and his son to watch the Columbus Crew take on the Philadelphia Union. As many of you know, I’m a devout soccer (real football) fan, and I’m really looking forward to visiting one of the most storied environments in US soccer.

Thursday is a double-header starting in Evansville, IN at 11:00 AM and Louisville, KY at 6:00 PM. With a two-hour drive between them, not to mention the one-hour time difference, this will be an intense day. It’s a good thing then that the session I’ll be presenting is the same for both groups! Like the Lexington session I’ll be talking about statistical analysis, but this time I’ll be focusing on the R programming language, so the talk will be directly applicable to SQL 2016 as well as 2017. Register Here for Evansville, IN. Register Here for Louisville, KY.

If you live close to any of these three presentations, I’d love for you to come out so I can meet you and talk data and statistics with you!